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barricaded

Block or defend with a barricade.

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barter

To trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services - farmers

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baulking

Preventing a person or animal from having (something).

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belch

To emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.

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biopolymers

Are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms. Biopolymers consist of monomeric units that are covalently bonded to form larger molecules.

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bioprospecting

Is the search for plant and animal species from which medicinal drugs and other commercially valuable compounds can be obtained.

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bolus

Is the administration of a discrete amount of medication, drug, or other compound within a specific time, generally within 1 - 30 minutes, in order to raise its concentration in blood to an effective level.

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borne

To be carried or transported by the thing specified

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Bos taurus

Cattle, or cows (female) and bulls (male), are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos taurus. Cattle are commonly raised as livestock for meat (beef or veal, see beef cattle), for milk (see dairy cattle), and for hides, which are used to make leather. They are used as riding animals and draft animals (oxen or bullocks, which pull carts, plows and other implements). Another product of cattle is their dung, which can be used to create manure or fuel. In some regions, such as parts of India, cattle have significant religious meaning. Cattle, mostly small breeds such as the Miniature Zebu, are also kept as pets. Around 10,500 years ago, cattle were domesticated from as few as 80 progenitors in central Anatolia, the Levant and Western Iran. According to an estimate from 2011, there are 1.4 billion cattle in the world. In 2009, cattle became one of the first livestock animals to have a fully mapped genome.

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botulism

Food poisoning caused by a bacterium growing on improperly sterilized tinned meats and other preserved foods.

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bovine viral diarrhoea

is a

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brachiocephalic trunk

Is an

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brisket

The meat that cut from the breast of an animal, typically a cow

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broiler sector

Is the process by which broiler chickens are reared and prepared for meat consumption.

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brucellosis

A bacterial disease typically affecting cattle and causing undulant fever in humans.

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